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Sebastian Nagel reassigned NUTCH-2861: -------------------------------------- Assignee: Sebastian Nagel > Remove parse-swf > ---------------- > > Key: NUTCH-2861 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NUTCH-2861 > Project: Nutch > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: parser, plugin > Affects Versions: 1.18 > Reporter: Sebastian Nagel > Assignee: Sebastian Nagel > Priority: Minor > Labels: help-wanted > Fix For: 1.19 > > > We should consider to remove the Shockwafe Flash parser plugin > ([parse-swf|https://github.com/apache/nutch/tree/master/src/plugin/parse-swf]): > - Shockwave/[Adobe Flash| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash] reached > [end-of-life|https://helpx.adobe.com/shockwave/shockwave-end-of-life-faq.html] > - major browsers now block playing Flash content > - the plugin is based on 15-year old library > ([javaswf|https://github.com/apache/nutch/tree/master/src/plugin/parse-swf/lib]), > not maintained anymore and not available on Maven repository > - it's shipped in binary form also in the source package which contradicts > the [Apache release > policy|https://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#source-packages] > Notes: > - should place a notice about the removal in the release not, as parse-tika > is not able to extract textual content from *.swf files > - do not forget to unregister the plugin in > [parse-plugins.xml|https://github.com/apache/nutch/blob/6c02da053d8ce65e0283a144ab59586e563608b8/conf/parse-plugins.xml.template#L54] -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)